Recreational activities in urban parks: Spatial interactions among users

T Santos, RN Mendes, A Vasco - Journal of outdoor recreation and tourism, 2016 - Elsevier
The goal of the present paper is to analyze spatial overlap and social conflicts between
mountain bikers and runners in an Urban Green Park. The methodology uses publicly …

Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations

CH Guan, J Song, M Keith, B Zhang, Y Akiyama… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green and open space are important components of achieving the goal of planning
sustainable cities, by offering health benefits to urban dwellers and providing socio …

What are the factors influencing recreational visits to national forest parks in China? Experiments using crowdsourced geospatial data

J Zhang, Y Cheng, Y Mao, W Cai, B Zhao - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantifying recreational visits to national forest parks (NFPs) and deciphering associating
driving factors is significant for NFP protection, management, development, and planning; …

Forecasting daily foot traffic in recreational trails using machine learning

K Madden, G Lukoseviciute, E Ramsey… - Journal of Outdoor …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper discusses weather factors that may affect the level of visitation at recreational
walking trails and provides insights into how specific factors (wind, rain etc.) can influence …

Using mobile phone data to examine weather impacts on recreational ecosystem services in an urban protected area

W Jaung, LR Carrasco - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mobile phone big data can offer new opportunities for identifying weather impacts on
recreational ecosystem services in protected areas. This could be useful to assess how …

Application of the City Biodiversity Index to populated cities in Japan: Influence of the social and ecological characteristics on indicator-based management

Y Uchiyama, R Kohsaka - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
For sustainability of a region, a holistic view is necessary to understand its dynamics and the
conditions surrounding cities and beyond. Conservation activity indicators can be …

Effects of weather factors on recreation participation in a humid subtropical region

R Paudyal, TV Stein, B Kc, DC Adams - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
This study examines effects of weather, temporal factors, and gasoline price on outdoor
recreation participation by using a time series model. We obtained more than 5 years of …

Recreational use of urban forest parks: a case study in Fuzhou National Forest Park, China

B Chen, X Qi, Z Qiu - Journal of Forest Research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Urban forest parks provide residents with recreational spaces and interaction with nature.
This study aimed to examine the use pattern of an urban forest park in Fuzhou, South China …

Estimating encounter probabilities among recreational trail user groups

S McCahon, T Brinkman, R Klimstra - Journal of outdoor recreation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global rise in nature-based recreation increases the need for research on visitor activity
use and interaction especially for multi-use trail systems. Conflict often arises during …

Management of recreational forests in the Romanian Carpathians

GM Tudoran, A Cicșa, M Cicșa, AC Dobre - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: Forests, due to their aesthetic properties, have huge recreational
potential, but their management must take into account the requirements of all parties …